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The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome

More than fifteen centuries after its fall, the Roman Empire remains one of the most formative influences on the history of Europe. Its physical remains dot the landscape from Scotland to Syria. Its cities are still the great metropolises of the continent. Its law and institutions have shaped modern practice, and its ideal of a united Europe has haunted politicians ever since. Fully illustrated and featuring more than sixty full- colour maps, this atlas traces the rise and fall of the first great multinational state. It looks at its provinces and cities, its trade and economy, its armies and frontier defences; follows its foreign ward and internecine struggles; and charts its transformation into a Christian theocracy and its fall in 476.

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Page 18... promising Gaius Julius Caesar. Rather than coming to blows, the three men
reached a political accommodation now known as the First Triumvirate. Under
the terms of this arrangement Caesar became consul in 59 BC and was then
made.

Page 19ment Caesar became consul in 59 BC and was then made governor of the two
Gallic provinces, one — Cisalpina — south of the Alps, the other — Transalpina
— covering the southern part of modern France. He embarked on a campaign of
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Page 39It also gave him the power to propose or veto legislation, to overrule any
provincial governor, and to sit alongside the elected consuls. For the first nine
years, from 31 to 23 BC, he was elected consul as well, but that was not essential
to his ...